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Red, White, Blue and Gold!
July 4th is one of the best days at camp, so we woke up to pure excitement today! Our 10s came through each bunk decked out in red, white and blue and they paraded around camp with whistles and bullhorns in their decorated golf carts!
We walked into the dining room to find the entire place decorated with red, white and blue balloons and streamers. For breakfast, we had french toast with strawberries (red), whipped cream (white), and blueberries (blue) and fresh Krispy Kreme doughnuts – a true PFC tradition!
We did lunch the only way we know how to on the 4th: a special meal complete with foot-long hot dogs!
This afternoon, we had an awesome carnival come to camp! It was complete with an inflatable obstacle course for the pool and massive inflatable waterslides!
The highlight of 4th of July at camp are the best fireworks display in Pike County over Mitchell Field. We always hear from alumni that July 4th reminds them of their cherished time in Greeley. We wouldn’t have it any other way.
Happy birthday, America!
Sunday Special: Russ & Daughters!
Big Sister, Little Sister
The secret is out!
This week Senior and Hi-Senior girls got the names of their “little sisters.” It was up to them to provide clues as to who they are. Is that a note under my pillow? A bracelet in my cubby? Who made my bed for me? Last night was the BIG REVEAL: Older campers identified themselves to their little sisters at a multi-dimentional evening activity!
It was a great few days of mystery and excitement!
Baking a Difference!
Today we baked Challah with Barbara Black to support Challah for Hunger — our Pine Forest Camp campers will be donating the Challah we make every week to a fundraiser benefitting Kids Food Pantry, Lake Wallenpaupak High School. Just another one of the ways we’ll be focusing on the world outside of the “camp bubble” here in Greeley, PA.
Basketball Leagues Have Begun!
Basketball leagues have begun!
The campers have divided into teams and begun the first games of the 2019 league program. Intramural leagues were started at Pine Forest back in the 1960’s by Stan Ward, coach of Brown University and taken to a new and exciting level by our own award-winning Athletic Director Steve Chadwin. Every division is divided into equal teams and there’s all-out competition until at the end of the summer one team in each division is crowned champion. It’s fun, it’s high energy, and the winners get their names inscribed forever in Hughie Hall. (Named after Hughie Black, our own basketball star.) It’s Hoops time!
Let’s Give ‘Em Something to Taco ‘Bout
TOP Cooks + Tacos!
Our TOP Cooks campers spent the morning at Foundry 42 in Port Jervis, NY. They worked under Chef Cooper Boone making tacos, fresh guacamole, and fresh salsa! To top it all off, they accompanied their meal with a homemade mango rosemary water.
The best part? Meeting a Foundry 42 patron that happened to have been a Pine Forest camper over fifty years ago! There’s a reason we’re celebrating our 89th summer this season!
Celebrating 20 Years of Bill “Radar” Sandlin
Radar’s Landing, Bill’s Loading Dock
It’s the behind-the-scene people that make camp work and today we celebrated Bill “Radar” Sandlin, who for 20 years has ruled over the PFC loading dock and warehouse. Everything from paddle boards to pasta comes through those doors and Bill keeps an eye on it all. So, be it acclaimed throughout the land, that from this day forward the PFC loading dock will forever be called Radar’s Landing, Bill’s Loading Dock, with love and appreciation.
Good Morning, Pine Forest Camp!
Good morning, Pine Forest Camp!
Maybe it’s the new smell of pines trees or the first bird you hear, but when you wake up at camp it’s awesome. Look to your left, look to your right and there are camp friends right next to you. Can life get any better?
Okay, the bad news is that you still have to brush your teeth, but it’s gonna be a day like no other. You’re at camp! You’ve made it through your first night, the clouds part, the sun shines , the worries disappear, the fun starts!
Let the Fun Begin!
Let the fun begin!
Our 89th consecutive summer begins NOW and it’s going to be the best one ever. Leave your worries at home. When you step off of that bus or out of your car, you’re going to be stepping into a summer of Pine Forest fun, “Up where the sky begins.”
It doesn’t matter who you are, where you come from or how you get here. It doesn’t matter what happened all school year long. If your destination is Pine Forest Camp in Greeley, Pennsylvania today, you are in for the summer of your life.
As we sing every year on opening day, “We welcome you to Pine Forest, we’re mighty glad you’re here!”
And we are. Mighty glad.
